Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the debate which took place at the Council of Europe on 22 June 2022 entitled Protection and alternative care for unaccompanied and separated migrant and refugee children.

The UK is firmly committed to supporting children and children without parental care in conflict settings through our development work. At the multilateral level, we continue to press for the inclusion of child protection provisions in UN peacekeeping mandate renewals and resolutions, including for children without parental care. We recognise the Council of Europe, and in particular, the role of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for their work in this sphere, noting the recommendations will go to the Committee of Ministers in due course.